Four Months 100%

Hey hey hey! I was rewarded for my efforts avoiding the "fried-food-palooza" with a 3.8lb drop this week! Yea baby! Can't believe big losses are still coming this far into the diet. Nice little surprises! It's been almost four months on IP, crazy! I looked back at my first posts here and remember how I felt when I was writing them: "this diet is NEVER going to end" "no way I can lose as much as I want to in 6 months" "I'm not going to be able to stick to this". It's truly amazing how fast it goes.

Some progress photos I forgot I took...in the office bathroom :)

February

March

April

I can see it in my face the most. In definite need of less baggy clothes, they are making me seem larger at the moment. I'm pretty sure I'll end around a medium shirt. Lately, if I'm in Target or TJ Maxx/Marshall's I'll grab a shirt or two. They are close to fitting now, the chest is still the issue. Trying to build up a wardrobe with the basic little things for now and wait until summer for more exciting clothes :) Excited to actually have a style and like what I wear :) Also, think I'll make a change to my hair once I'm done. I mean, up in a pony or bun can only last so long, might as well change everything this year!

The less flattering side of IP lately is the loose skin areas :( I've been using cocoa butter, collagen cream, and other firming lotions but my bat wings are driving me crazy! I'm hoping that lifting a few times a week will help with that. My thighs are also in pretty rough shape, my coach said to get a tan to hide the little imperfections, ha not so easy for a fair skinned Irish girl! But we'll see! I sat in the sun for a while the other day and was actually cold (now it was 65-ish and frigid when the wind blew). But I've never liked to sit in the sun because I'd get soo hot. Now, I'm cold all the time, really looking forward to this summer and actually liking the heat and sitting in the sun...I'll just need a constant layer of sunscreen :)

Broken record: Sooo glad I started IP when I did...would have sucked to start over the summer and be all covered up in a rockin' new skinny body for the winter :) Here's to the final stretch and the last two months!

Currently Craving: my shake :) ordered some PB cup coffee and it's IP approved amazeballs!

-meg